Melos Choir 2022/23

Melos Choir is an auditioned choir, active in Kingston for over 30 years. Most of our 32 singers are experienced choristers/musicians with a particular passion for early music across a range of periods and cultures. Our section leaders/soloists are voice teachers or cantors; have sung in groups like Tafelmusik, the Elmer Iseler Singers, the Canadian Opera Company; or are students/ recent grads of Queen's. The choir membership provides the backbone of our fundraising and Board of Directors. Thus we support Melos' active educational outreach in the community to instrumentalists and vocalists interested in period performance. We have a lot of fun and enjoy learning together with each outreach endeavour.

Sopranos    

Helen Cluett

Margot Craft

Donna Delyea

Gilda DiCola Mills

P. Jill Frick

*Tammy Everett

Marzieh Masoudian 

Safa Mozaffari

Angela Stewart

Tetiana Winchester

*Ariel Zaichick 


Altos  

*Rean Cross

*Brenda Gluska 

Tarja Jaatinen

Ruth Oliver

Ann Rouget

Maja-Lisa Thomson

Tenors   

Rowan Engen

*Gordon Gwynne-Timothy

Neil Hobbs

Paul Malo

Cain Susko

Edgar Tumak

Basses

*Robert Burkolder

Douglas Connors

John Gale

Kris Michaelson

*Brent Nuevo

Alexandru Sonoc

* indicates section leader

Melos Period Instruments

Melos Period Instruments is a group of dedicated, professional musicians, who have undertaken study of historically informed playing of replica instruments from the 9th-19th centuries. The group has a core of 12 regular players, as well as additional members who join us for expanded programs.

Melos Period Instruments:

Lisa Draper, violin,

Gisele Dalbec Szczesniak, violin

Andrew Dicker, violin

Julia McFarlane, violin

Eileen Beaudette, viola, vielle

Jeff Hamacher, cello, viola da gamba

Jason Hawke, viola da gamba, recorders, krumhorn, rackett, rebec, vielle

Katie Legere, Baroque bassoon, recorders

P. Jill Frick, recorders

Michael Capon, harpsichord, organ

John Hall, harpsichord

Fahd Abou Zainedin, Arabic oud

Joseph Haskour, percussion

Margaret Walker, percussion 

Treasured Players Emeriti and Early Music Mentors:

Heather Schreiner, Baroque Oboe, recorders, viola da gamba, gemshorn, krumhorn, vielle

Aurora Dokken, harpsichord and organ
Daniel Chalmers, percussion

Dr. David Cameron, Melos’ founder and Director, 1984 - November 2013.

Members of Sine Nomine, Ensemble for Mediaeval Music: Rev’d Andrea Budgey, Brian Martin, Randall Rosenfeld. https://pims.ca/article/sine-nomine/

 Photos by Daniel Clark - 2019, 2020